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"Star of the Morning"by Pamela Jooste, author of "Dance with a Poor Man's Daughter Paperback; 394 pages Condition:  Excellent

Born on the wrong side of a racial divide in apartheid-torn Cape Town, young sisters Ruby and Rose exist in a world where they are not welcome. As part of the Cape Colored community, they are considered socially inferior, yet even within their own social group the sisters live in the poor end of town. Their father was killed when they were very small, so when their mother dies after a protracted illness, Ruby and Rose’s fate falls into the hands of Aunt Olive. Ruby knows without being told that their aunt’s home will not be opened up to them – charity does not extend to the poor relations who would cast a smudge on such a respectable house. Aunt Olive condemns her nieces to the local orphanage, relieving her conscience with monthly invitations to Sunday lunch. In the orphanage the girls grow up sheltered from a divided world that they do not yet fully understand, but the day approaches when Ruby and Rose must forge their own paths in life and confront the lessons that apartheid enforces.

  PEOPLE LIKE OURSELVES by Pamela Jooste Soft cover 233x153 mm – Doubleday 2003 1st Edition 302 pages – novel. Near New cond. – uncreased spine – tightly bound – no inscriptions.

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 Through the sharp yet loving eyes of 11-year-old Lily, we see the whole exotic, vivid, vigorous culture of the Cape Coloured community at the time when apartheid threatened its destruction. As Lily's beautiful but angry mother returns to Cape Town, determined to fight for justice for her family, so the story of Lily's past - and future - erupts. Soft cover, good condition.  348 pages.

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